Name: Fenix Analog HighVis Clear
Rating: 4.7 (46 reviews)
Author: litdev

Questions, issues, requests all welcome - they are what make things better  - I do this for fun and share hoping it is useful.  

Please use the 'Contact Developer' option to contact me with problems or suggestions.  If you like this watch face, then please leave a review.

I was inspired to create this watch face after upgrading my watch and couldn't find a face that worked well for me. It is designed to be analog with a simple layout that is clear to read without glasses, using colors rather than numbers where possible, and a second hand that updates whether the watch is active or not.

It is also highly customisable.

Steps and battery are indicated by colored arcs on the left and right, the colors change when target steps are reached, or battery falls below 25%. The units for the steps and battery can be changed with a setting. The customisable date is in a large font and the current heart rate is indicated by a heart icon on the dial.

Each 5 min of arc represents 20 bpm with 60 bpm at 12 o'clock for the heart icon. Therefore 11 o'clock is 40 bpm, 1 o'clock is 80 bpm and 3 o'clock is 120 bpm etc.

A high tide marker can be set.  A coatal location needs to be defined by name or longitude and latitude.  I live 5 miles from the sea and this isn't close enough.  Phone connection is also required.  Initially a web request will be made within 5 min, after this web requests will be made hourly. The usual caveat applies that this cannot be relied on for navigation.  Data obtained from geocode.maps.co, German Weather Service DWD and open-meteo.com.

There are also optional perimter markers for sunrise, sunset, body battery and temperature, and predicted hourly precipitaton levels shown on clockface perimeter with colours interplolated between 'wet' and 'dry' colors set in settings.

Many features, text size and all colours are customisable, set a color to transparent to turn off a feature. There is a light and dark theme that can be set on the watch customisation. Hand transparency and image rotation of the heart icon are available only on more recent watches.  Profiles of settings can be saved and restored.

There is a ‘low memory’ setting that will reduce the memory for watches with IQ version less than 4.0.0 (which use more memory) to maintain maximum compatibility.  Below this version ‘Disable Buffering’ is set to true by default. This option will disable high frequency buffering, which means the second hand will be removed after around 10 seconds active viewing.

There is a reduced memory version of this watch, designed to be compatible with as many older watches as possible, search for 'Analog HighVis Lite', https://apps.garmin.com/apps/c7c125d9-6d46-4643-bfab-4a207675f4e6.

The top field may be customised to display various settings, some may not be available on all watches or only be updated following a phone sync.

If the watch screen accepts touch and the setting to allow touch is set, then the top field options can be cycled with a touch in upper left/right quadrants.  The lower two quadrants cycle the date style options, a central press cycles the hand styles and left right presses on the vertical center toggle watch face profiles.

Status icons for connection and new messages can be shown at the bottom of the face. 

Most options can be set on the watch, or using Garmin Connect/Express.

Video shorts:
https://youtube.com/shorts/mfQXWKKdIao
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